The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-02-03
vicinity of the custom house and post Office
blocking the street and showing great en-

blocking the street and showing great en-.
thusiasm.
The Indiana Scnatorship is as far from q
settlement as ever, and there is no imme-
diatc prospect of change The General
Assembly met IN joint convention Monday
and took one ballot, which resulted: Tur-
pie, "a; Harrison, 70; Allen, 4.
The explosion Of boiler occurred at
0pangS ~ Co. 'siron works at Elnaborough,
near Pittsburg, Pa, badly wreclling the
mill. One man named Patterson was in.
Stantly Killed and number of others Sc
riously injured.
Friday, Mrs Kucstcr, of Wisncr, Ne.
Draska, put poison in q bottle of whisky
win which her husband afterwards treated
tue family Of John Whcrrer. All who
drank were taken violently ill. and Louis
Wherrer has since died. Mrs. Kuester has
been arrested.
Two bills directed against the employ
mcnt OF Pinkerton's officers within the
State were introduced in the New JERSEY
Legislature yesterday. They were general
DlilS, prohibiting, under heavy penalty, any
person not actually a citizen of the State
from acting as police or detective officer.
Bud Cornish went to the house of a
farmer, John Green, near Sharpsvil!e, Ky,
and after few words, shot and killed'Lulu
Green, aged 18. The mother attempted to
save her daughter and was also seriously
wounded. Cornish was arrested aud lodgeu
in Jail at Springfield.
The organization of the New Jersey Sen
alc has been postponed until Friday. In
tho lIousc the Democrats by a party vote
passed resolution to begin ballotinp fol
Senator, and Leon Abbott, Of Hudson re
ccivcd the 30 Democratic votes, the Rcpub
ilcanS refusing to vote on the ground OF
| ilicgality
Senator Morgan introduced as an amend
mcnt to the bill which passed the House
| creating Department Of Agriculture and
| Labor section providing for the transfer
Oh the signal service to one of the civil de
partmcnts of the Government mot named
and providing for the retention of tho
| present organization.
Henry Stiles, a colored boy 10 years old
| was arrested in Savannah for the murder
OF Charles Bogcns, colorcd, IA years old
Inc IVY" boys had quarrel on Tucstl
ana StlcS struck BOgcns in the back will
a brlckbAt. BOgcns died Thursday morn
ing. lie was subject to spasms. Stiles
claimed that the brick was thrown in self
| defence.
About 900 cases of giant powder eX
plodcd while in transit over the Missouri
| Pacific road half q mile west of Fort Scott
Kansas, yesterday morning. 1t was being
| transported in magazine car. The train
| consisted Of 23 freight cars and Is of them
were completely demolished. The engine
was badly broken up, but not blown oil
the track. Only one man was killed
An Orsini bomb was thrown near the
Town Hall in Altoona last night, but it ex
rl"icd soon and did no harm. Fragments
OF the bomb were analyzcd, and it was
| found that il had not been manufactured
hy m expert. Several Socialists were ar
. rested On suspicion Of being concerned il,
the affair, but they were liberated after 6
short detention.
In the sundry civil appropriation bill re
ported by Senator Allison, the estimate,
amounted to %31, ,5lO, ,SG2. The House bin
| appropriated $40, ,753, All. The Senate com
miuCc has increased the amount TO 500
l3,S16. Thus the bill as reported is
:",Sli, 0OG below the estimates and S3i .0f5
III excess of the appropriations for the cur,
rent year.
| he announcement is made in Cincinnati
That contract has been signed for the Dur-
pnse Of putting on the road a theatrical
company, under the auspices and With the
approval OF the Catholic Church, with the
object OF collecting Il fund for the reliet of
the CrrHlto'S Of the late Archbishop Pur
c"H. ThG venture is to start very soon. but
VIII not do business during Lent.
August Goethe, Il cardrivcr in NIilwau-
Nt',, Was assaulted and robbed some months
;G;o. TWO boys, Mahon Mccullough and
" I'M. IclZo, were arrested on the charge
Of having done the crime, were convicted
ana sent to the rcnitcntiary for three years.
Detectives furnished the evidence AGAINST
them. Now Father Decker, a Catholic
priest, says that the real criminal confessed
| to him, but that he cannot reveal his name.
he priests statement is generally believed,
ana 1t is now probable that the boys will be
iiherAtcd. They have been shamcrully
treated III prison, and one of them is said
to be dying of consumption.